Niger - Wiktionary

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See also: niger and Níger

English

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Etymology

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Commonly linked by folk etymology to Latin niger (“black”), which likely influenced the modern spelling.

Some sources give the term to Tuareg roots, deriving it from a claimed gher n-gheren or egereou n-igereouen (“river of rivers”).[1][2] Compare Tarifit iɣzar-n-iɣezran.

Older sources derive Niger, via a series of mistranslations and geographic misplacements by Greek, Roman and Arab geographers, from Ptolemy's descriptions of the wadi Gir (in modern Algeria) and the "Lower Gir" (or "Ni-Gir") to the south.[3]

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ or, for the country, also /niːˈʒɛə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK): (file)
(General American) enPR: nīʹjər, IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ or, for the country, also enPR: nēzhârʹ, /niːˈʒɛɚ/ The second pronunciations of the country's name follow how it is pronounced in French, the official language of Niger.[4][5]
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪd͡ʒə(ɹ), -ɛə(ɹ)

Proper noun

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Niger or the Niger

A country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of the Niger.
- 2023 March 20, Kylie Atwood, “American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed”, in CNN‎[1]:An American aid worker who was kidnapped in Niger more than six years ago and held hostage by terrorists has been released, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan tweeted on Monday.
A major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.
- 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 290:From here we can see the River Niger in the distance running across town, a long gleaming diamond in the horizon.
A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Minna.
- 2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN‎[2]:Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.

Meronyms

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Agadez
Diffa
Dosso
Maradi
Niamey
Tahoua
Tillabéri
Zinder

Holonyms

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Subsahara

Derived terms

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Nigersaurus
Nigger

Related terms

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Nigeria
Nigerien
Nigerois
Proto-Volta-Niger
Republic of Niger
Transnigerian

Descendants

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→ Japanese: ナイジャ (Naija)

Translations

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Afrikaans: Niger
Amharic: ኒጄር (niǧer)
Arabic: النِّيجَر f (an-nījar) Egyptian Arabic: نيچير f (nijēr) النيچر f (en-náyjar)
Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܝܼܓ̰ܲܪ f (nījar)
Armenian: Նիգեր (Niger)
Asturian: Níxer (ast)
Azerbaijani: Niger (az)
Belarusian: Ні́гер m (Níhjer)
Bengali: নাইজার (bn) (naijar)
Breton: Niger
Bulgarian: Ни́гер m (Níger)
Burmese: နိုင်ဂျာ (nuinggya)
Chinese: Mandarin: 尼日爾 / 尼日尔 (zh) (Nírì'ěr), 尼日 (zh) (Nírì)
Corsican: Nìger m
Czech: Niger (cs) m
Danish: Niger (da) n
Dhivehi: ނީޖަރު (nījaru)
Dutch: Niger (nl) n
Esperanto: Niĝero (eo), Niĝerlando
Estonian: Niger (et)
Faroese: Niger
Finnish: Niger (fi)
French: Niger (fr) m
Fula: please add this translation if you can
Galician: Níxer (gl) m
Georgian: ნიგერი (ka) (nigeri)
German: Niger (de)
Greek: Νίγηρας (el) n (Nígiras)
Hausa: Nijar
Hebrew: ניז׳ר f (nijer)
Hindi: नाइजर (hi) m (nāijar)
Hungarian: Niger (hu)
Icelandic: Níger (is) n
Interlingua: Niger
Irish: An Nígir f, Poblacht na Nígire f
Italian: Niger (it) m
Japanese: ニジェール (ja) (Nijēru)
Kalenjin: Naija
Kamba: Naija
Kanuri: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: Нигер (kk) (Niger)
Khmer: នីហ្សេ (km) (niizee)
Kikuyu: Naija
Korean: 니제르 (ko) (Nijereu)
Kyrgyz: Нигер (Niger)
Latgalian: Nigereja f
Latvian: Nigēra (lv) f
Lithuanian: Nigeris (lt) m
Luhya: Naija
Luo: Naija
Macedonian: Нигер m (Niger)
Maori: Ngāika
Meru: Naija
Mingrelian: ნიგერი (nigeri)
Mongolian: Cyrillic: Нигер (Niger)
Norman: Niger m
Norwegian: Bokmål: Niger (no) n Nynorsk: Niger (nn) n
Persian: نیجِر (nijer)
Polish: Niger (pl) m
Portuguese: Níger (pt)
Romanian: Niger (ro) n
Russian: Ни́гер (ru) m (Níger), Ниге́р (ru) m (Nigér)
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ни̏гер m Roman: Nȉger (sh) m
Sinhalese: නයිජර් (nayijar)
Slovak: Niger m
Slovene: Niger (sl) m
Spanish: Níger (es)
Swahili: Nijeri (sw)
Swedish: Niger (sv) n
Tagalog: Niher
Tagdal: please add this translation if you can
Tajik: Ниҷер (Nijer)
Thai: ไนเจอร์ (th) (nai-jə̂ə)
Tigrinya: ናይጀር (nayǧär)
Tuareg: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: Nijer (tr)
Ukrainian: Ні́гер (uk) m (Níher), Ніґе́р m (Nigér)
Urdu: نائجر m
Uzbek: Niger (uz)
Vietnamese: Ni-giê
Yoruba: Náíjà
Zarma: please add this translation if you can

river

Afrikaans: Nigerrivier
Arabic: Egyptian Arabic: نهر النيچر m (nahr en-náyjar)
Chichewa: Mtsinje wa Niger (ny) class 3
Chinese: Mandarin: 尼日爾河 / 尼日尔河 (zh) (Nírì'ěr Hé)
Dutch: Niger (nl) m
Esperanto: Niĝero (eo)
French: Niger (fr) m
Fula: please add this translation if you can
Galician: Níxer (gl) m
German: Niger (de) m
Greek: Νίγηρας (el) n (Nígiras)
Hausa: Kwara
Ibibio: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: Nígerfljót n
Igbo: Òrìmili
Izon: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: ニジェール (ja) (Nijēru)
Kanuri: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: Nigeris (lt) m
Macedonian: Нигер m (Niger)
Nupe: Èdù
Portuguese: Níger (pt) m
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Нигер m Roman: Niger (sh) m
Slovak: Niger m
Swedish: Niger (sv)
Tagdal: please add this translation if you can
Tuareg: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: Nijer (tr)
Yoruba: Ọya
Zarma: please add this translation if you can

References

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^ C. K. Meek, The Niger and the Classics: The History of a Name. The Journal of African History. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1960), pp. 1-17
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “Niger”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ compare: The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of useful Knowledge, vol. 16 (Murillo—Organ), 1840, NIGER, or rather NIGIR
^ How Do You Pronounce "Niger"? by Avi Zenilman, July 16, 2003, Slate.com
^ So What Is This Place? by Nicholas D. Kristof, October 11, 2005, New York Times

Anagrams

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re-nig, Reign, Negri, reign, ringe, renig, Grine, Reing, Grein, nigre

Afrikaans

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Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia af

Proper noun

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Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria; capital: Niamey)

Derived terms

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Nigerees
Nigers
Nigeryn

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia cs

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈnɪɡɛr]

Proper noun

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Niger m inan (relational adjective nigerský, demonym Nigeřan)

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)

Declension

[edit] Declension of Niger (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

singular
nominative	Niger
genitive	Nigeru
dative	Nigeru
accusative	Niger
vocative	Nigere
locative	Nigeru
instrumental	Nigerem

Dutch

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from French Niger.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈni.ɣər/, /ˈni.ɣɛr/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: Ni‧ger

Proper noun

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Niger n

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Derived terms

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Nigerees

Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia fi

Etymology

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From French Niger.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈniɡer/, [ˈniɡe̞r]
Rhymes: -iɡer
Syllabification(key): Ni‧ger
Hyphenation(key): Ni‧ger

Proper noun

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Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Declension

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Inflection of Niger (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Niger	—
genitive		Nigerin	—
partitive		Nigeriä	—
illative		Nigeriin	—
singular	plural
nominative		Niger	—
accusative	nom.	Niger	—
accusative	gen.	Nigerin	—
genitive		Nigerin	—
partitive		Nigeriä	—
inessive		Nigerissä	—
elative		Nigeristä	—
illative		Nigeriin	—
adessive		Nigerillä	—
ablative		Nigeriltä	—
allative		Nigerille	—
essive		Nigerinä	—
translative		Nigeriksi	—
abessive		Nigerittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Niger (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
singular	plural
nominative		Nigerini	—
accusative	nom.	Nigerini	—
accusative	gen.	Nigerini	—
genitive		Nigerini	—
partitive		Nigeriäni	—
inessive		Nigerissäni	—
elative		Nigeristäni	—
illative		Nigeriini	—
adessive		Nigerilläni	—
ablative		Nigeriltäni	—
allative		Nigerilleni	—
essive		Nigerinäni	—
translative		Nigerikseni	—
abessive		Nigerittäni	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

second-person singular possessor
singular	plural
nominative		Nigerisi	—
accusative	nom.	Nigerisi	—
accusative	gen.	Nigerisi	—
genitive		Nigerisi	—
partitive		Nigeriäsi	—
inessive		Nigerissäsi	—
elative		Nigeristäsi	—
illative		Nigeriisi	—
adessive		Nigerilläsi	—
ablative		Nigeriltäsi	—
allative		Nigerillesi	—
essive		Nigerinäsi	—
translative		Nigeriksesi	—
abessive		Nigerittäsi	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

first-person plural possessor
singular	plural
nominative		Nigerimme	—
accusative	nom.	Nigerimme	—
accusative	gen.	Nigerimme	—
genitive		Nigerimme	—
partitive		Nigeriämme	—
inessive		Nigerissämme	—
elative		Nigeristämme	—
illative		Nigeriimme	—
adessive		Nigerillämme	—
ablative		Nigeriltämme	—
allative		Nigerillemme	—
essive		Nigerinämme	—
translative		Nigeriksemme	—
abessive		Nigerittämme	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

second-person plural possessor
singular	plural
nominative		Nigerinne	—
accusative	nom.	Nigerinne	—
accusative	gen.	Nigerinne	—
genitive		Nigerinne	—
partitive		Nigeriänne	—
inessive		Nigerissänne	—
elative		Nigeristänne	—
illative		Nigeriinne	—
adessive		Nigerillänne	—
ablative		Nigeriltänne	—
allative		Nigerillenne	—
essive		Nigerinänne	—
translative		Nigeriksenne	—
abessive		Nigerittänne	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

third-person possessor
singular	plural
nominative		Nigerinsä	—
accusative	nom.	Nigerinsä	—
accusative	gen.	Nigerinsä	—
genitive		Nigerinsä	—
partitive		NigeriäänNigeriänsä	—
inessive		NigerissäänNigerissänsä	—
elative		NigeristäänNigeristänsä	—
illative		Nigeriinsä	—
adessive		NigerilläänNigerillänsä	—
ablative		NigeriltäänNigeriltänsä	—
allative		NigerilleenNigerillensä	—
essive		NigerinäänNigerinänsä	—
translative		NigerikseenNigeriksensä	—
abessive		NigerittäänNigerittänsä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

Derived terms

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nigeriläinen

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia fr

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ni.ʒɛʁ/
Audio: (file)
Audio (France (Paris)): (file)
Audio (France): (file)
Audio (France (Somain)): (file)

Proper noun

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Niger m

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Derived terms

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Nigérien (“Nigerien”), Nigérienne
nigérien

Descendants

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Japanese: ニジェール (Nijēru)

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia de

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈniːɡɐ]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Proper noun

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der Niger m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Niger or des Nigers) or Niger n (proper noun, genitive Nigers or (optionally with an article) Niger)

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria) Synonyms: Republik Niger, (obsolete) Nigerien n

Derived terms

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Nigrer
nigrisch

Proper noun

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der Niger m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Niger or des Nigers)

Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)

Related terms

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Nigeria

Hungarian

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Niger (country) on Hungarian Wikipedia

Niger (river) on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈniɡɛr], [ˈniʒɛr]
Hyphenation: Ni‧ger
Rhymes: -ɛr

Proper noun

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Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria; official name: Nigeri Köztársaság)
Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	Niger	—
accusative	Nigert	—
dative	Nigernek	—
instrumental	Nigerrel	—
causal-final	Nigerért	—
translative	Nigerré	—
terminative	Nigerig	—
essive-formal	Nigerként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Nigerben	—
superessive	Nigeren	—
adessive	Nigernél	—
illative	Nigerbe	—
sublative	Nigerre	—
allative	Nigerhez	—
elative	Nigerből	—
delative	Nigerről	—
ablative	Nigertől	—
non-attributivepossessive – singular	Nigeré	—
non-attributivepossessive – plural	Nigeréi	—

Possessive forms of Niger

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Nigerem	—
2nd person sing.	Nigered	—
3rd person sing.	Nigere, Nigerje	—
1st person plural	Nigerünk	—
2nd person plural	Nigeretek	—
3rd person plural	Nigerük, Nigerjük	—

Derived terms

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nigeri

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia id

Etymology

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Borrowed from French Niger.

Pronunciation

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(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈniɡər/ [ˈni.ɡər]
Rhymes: -iɡər
Syllabification: Ni‧ger

Proper noun

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Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)

Noun

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Niger (plural Niger-Niger or para Niger)

Nigerien

Adjective

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Niger (comparative lebih Niger, superlative paling Niger)

Nigerien

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia it

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈni.d͡ʒer/
Rhymes: -idʒer
Hyphenation: Nì‧ger

Proper noun

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Niger m

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)

Derived terms

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nigerino

Anagrams

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negri, regni

Latin

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Etymology

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From niger (“black, dark”).

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.ɡɛr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.d͡ʒer]

Proper noun

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Niger m (genitive Nigrī); second declension

A Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
- (Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, Aquilius Niger)[3]

Declension

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Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

singular	plural
nominative	Niger	Nigrī
genitive	Nigrī	Nigrōrum
dative	Nigrō	Nigrīs
accusative	Nigrum	Nigrōs
ablative	Nigrō	Nigrīs
vocative	Niger	Nigrī

Proper noun

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:Niger (flumen)Wikipedia la

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia la

Niger m sg (genitive Nigris); third declension

Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)
- 1534, Joachim Vadianus, Epitome trium terrae partium Asiae, Africae et Europae compendiariam...:Efficit autem hoc suo flexu, ut etiam ultra Athlantem Africa ad usque Nigrim fluuium excurrat, Plinio & Ptolemaeo.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative	Niger
genitive	Nigris
dative	Nigrī
accusative	Nigrim
ablative	Nigre
vocative	Niger

References

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“Niger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia no

Proper noun

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Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Related terms

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nigerer
nigersk

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Related terms

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nigerar
nigersk

Polish

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈɲi.ɡɛr/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -iɡɛr
Syllabification: Ni‧ger

Proper noun

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Niger m inan (related adjective nigerski)

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)

Declension

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singular
nominative	Niger
genitive	Nigru
dative	Nigrowi
accusative	Niger
instrumental	Nigrem
locative	Nigrze
vocative	Nigrze

Derived terms

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Nigerczyk
Nigerka

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /nîɡer/
Hyphenation: Ni‧ger

Proper noun

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Nȉger m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ни̏гер)

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)

Declension

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singular
nominative	Niger
genitive	Nigera
dative	Nigeru
accusative	Niger
vocative	Nigere
locative	Nigeru
instrumental	Nigerom

Slovene

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Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia sl

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /nìːɡɛr/

Proper noun

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Níger m inan

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
Niger (a major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)

Declension

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Níger
genitive	Nígera
singular
nominative(imenovȃlnik)	Níger
genitive(rodȋlnik)	Nígera
dative(dajȃlnik)	Nígeru
accusative(tožȋlnik)	Níger
locative(mẹ̑stnik)	Nígeru
instrumental(orọ̑dnik)	Nígerom

Related terms

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Nígrc / Nígrka
nígrski

References

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“Niger”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
“Niger”, in Termania, Amebis
See also the general references

Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia sw

Proper noun

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Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia sv

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /niːɡɛr/
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

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Niger n (genitive Nigers)

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Related terms

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nigerer
nigerier
nigerisk
nigeriska

Anagrams

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Inger, inger, regin, ringe

Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:NigerWikipedia cy

Proper noun

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Niger f (not mutable)

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Meronyms

Holonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

References

Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Derived terms

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Derived terms

Proper noun

Related terms

See also

Hungarian

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Declension

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Indonesian

Etymology

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Italian

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Latin

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Declension

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Norwegian Bokmål

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